[Dixielandjazz] Cape May Fall Jazz Festival spotlights New Orleans

[Steve Barbone]

The Fall Cape May Jazz Festival (new Jersey), heretofore a STRICTLY MODERN &
SMOOTH JAZZ FESTIVAL, is spotlighting New Orleans this fall. In all, 30 N.O.
musicians will perform.

WHAT:  26th Cape May Jazz Festival - ³New Orleans Comes to Cape May²
 
WHEN:  November 10-12, 2006
 
WHERE:  Cape May Convention Hall, Theatre at Lower Regional High School,
Ballroom - Grand Hotel, Aleathea¹s Restaurant ­ Inn of Cape May, Carneys,
Cabanas, Congress Hall Boiler Room, Café Promenade ­ Montreal Inn
 
WHO:   New Orleans All Star Jazz Band featuring Dr. Michael White, Christian
Scott, Jonathan Batiste, Juanita Brooks, Victor Goines; Louis Armstrong
Summer Jazz Masters featuring Kidd Jordan, Alvin Batiste, Germaine Bazzle.

MORE MODERN GUYS INCLUDE: Chuck Mangione; Kevin Mahogany's Tribute to Johnny
Hartman; Maurice Brown with Derek Douget; Stephanie and Marlon Jordan;
Rebecca Parris with George Mesterhazy; Arpeggio Jazz Ensemble; Steve Kroon
Latin Jazz; Carrie Jackson; Brian Bromberg; The Puzzle Box Experiment; Tim
Eyermann and East Coast Offering; Jeanie Bryson with Coly Mellett; Lou
Watson; Edgardo Cintron Azuca Band with Winston Byrd; Frank Bey and Willie
Roundtree; Barbara D. Mills; Dwayne Dopsie and the Zydeco Hellraisers;
Clarence Spady Blues

For those who present OKOM Festivals, here is information regarding how they
price it, and who the sponsors are:

A 24-event Weekend Pass is offered for $150, an 8-event Friday Night Pass
and a 9-event Saturday Night Pass are available for $49 each.  The 4-event
Saturday Afternoon Pass is $35 while the 3-event Sunday Pass is $25.
Reserved Seating is available both nights in Convention Hall for the New
Orleans All Stars, the Louis Armstrong Summer Jazz Masters and Saturday
night for Chuck Mangione at the Theatre at Lower.  An Event Pass plus a $25
Seat Reservation Pass is required for each seat reservation.  Tickets go on
sale September 15th by calling 1-877-7CM-JAZZ. Information to include
schedule, pictures, bios, sound bites for performing musicians and a ticket
reservation form is available on the website: www.capemayjazz.org
<http://www.capemayjazz.org/>  or by calling 609-884-7277.  Festival Buses
running every 10 minutes are available to transport the audience from each
venue Friday and Saturday nights.
                   
The festival is presented by Bank of America and sponsored by Cape Savings
Bank, Delaware River and Bay Authority, Barefoot Wines, Yamaha Concert
Division, Jazz Times, WRTI Temple Public Radio, WBGO Jazz 88, WTTH the
Touch, Cape May Star & Wave, Cape May Gazette, Abyss Jazz Magazine and
Verizon Wireless with generous support from New Jersey State Council on the
Arts, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation and New Jersey State Department of
Commerce Division of Travel and Tourism.

Cape May Jazz Festivals occur twice a year, Spring and Fall.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone